


James 4:3
Bible Versions
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
Or you pray and don’t receive, because you pray with the wrong motive, that of wanting to indulge your own desires.
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.
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